The Worker. Charlie (Charlie Drake)
The Worker
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1965 - 1978
- 36 episodes (5 series)
Charlie Drake is The Worker, a man who has had 980 jobs in 20 years - most of them for one day! He is unemployable but that doesn't stop him trying. Also features Percy Herbert and Henry McGee.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Machinery Of Organisation
Mr Whittaker at the Labour Exchange is at his wits' end with Charlie when he returns to sign on. His excuse this time is that he lost his last job when he ruptured himself clocking on!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 27th February 1965
- Time
- 8:25pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Drake | Charles Drake |
| Percy Herbert | Mr Whittaker |
| Aubrey Morris | Welfare Officer |
| Dilys Laye | Miss Powell |
| Joan Benham | Miss Niddy |
| Lloyd Lamble | Personnel Manager |
| Mark Singleton | Clerk |
| Michael Oxley | 1st Man |
| Michael Goldie | 2nd Man |
| Peter Hager | Foreman |
| Gerald McAllister | Shop Steward |
| Salvin Stewart | 1st Worker |
| Walter Hall | 2nd Worker |
| Charlie Drake | Writer |
| Lew Schwarz (as Lewis Schwarz) | Writer |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Director |
| Alan Tarrant | Producer |
| Brian Bartholomew | Production Designer |